With all that being said, let’s jump in and see which cards to add to our decks! It should go without saying that these are my personal picks and they’re in no particular order, and if some of these don’t fit into your deck for whatever reason, you should always include what you want to play and what makes your deck fun above all else. I’ve dug through YouTube and EDHRec to try and make a good list of what cards you should always put into your decks. And through all of this deckbuilding and homebrewing there’s been one thing that stands out: a lot of cards show up time and time again in almost every deck I’ve built. I’ve been playing Commander for several years, but I’ve spent more time brewing decks by myself or with my playgroup to find weird or fun ways to exploit the format than I’ve spent actually playing some of those decks. No matter what your level of expertise in the world of EDH, it’s always good to find that one card that your deck’s been missing.

Maybe you already know most of these cards. Maybe you’ve built a few decks already but there’s still that little something missing that you can’t clearly pinpoint. Maybe you’re just getting your first Commander precon and want to start upgrading it. Commander’s Authority | Illustration by Johannes Voss

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